Rope-holding means



w. J. BARNES I HOPE HOLDING MEANS Filed May 11, 1926 Dec. 21,1926] his "Patented Dec. 21, 1925 WILLIAM J. BARNES, orsan 'rea tc soo, 'cALjIroRitiA.

V ROPE-HOLDING MEANS.

Application filed my i i926. Serial tra nee-7e,

V This 'invention relates to means for holding a rope in a manner similar to tying, and

has for its objects a method of forming a r releasable tie in a rope as used in hauling a load, or rather a means of securely holdingthe rope in loop formation without resorting to tying the rope ascomm o'nly, understood-and particularly such means applithe, special locking plate, Fig. 2 a reduced View of thesame with a haulage cable locl ced thereon inthe form of a knot the position of use while pulling a load with the cable,

' and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section of the device of Fig. 2 as seen from the lines 3-'-3 thereof, and Fig. 4 is a reduced size view showing another method of using thedevice. In the drawings 1 represents an elongated metal plate slotted at 2,2, and'having one end rounded as at 1 and the other end preferablyreduced to form a neck 1".

The plate in practice is about a quarter or three eighths of an inch in thicknesswhen used for a three eighths flexible cable, and the slots of. a width to freely receive two widths of the cablesay aboutan 'inch'and with corners and edges of. the slots preferably rounded as indicated. I

To form a haulage knot or spl ce with. a

'opposite sides of the plate-after looping around the load 4 and passedin and out of the slots in overlying position as indicated in Figs,"2 and 3, thelatter figure showing 'therun of cable more clearly. 1

The free end 3 ofthe cable may hang as shown in full lines in Fig.' 2, or it, may be.

" given a turn about the neck 1" of the device I and tucked between any of the convolutions or between one of them and the plate as in dicated by the dotted end of the cable 3".

When assembled as shown, and 'with a pull v on the cable 3, the load 4 resisting in directien of the arrows will tighten the bights of the cableagainst one another and to eifectively preventany harder the pull the firmer: the-grip. 4

slipping, and the so I It is manifest without further drawings" that while but two slots are shown in the plate,lmore slots will give additional bends to'the cable and stillvvgreater resistance, tho

with a plate of the proportions shown and two slots the-grip afforded is usually equal to the strength ofthe rope.

In considering Figure 3 itwillibe noted 7 that the bends in the rope arev not lvery abrupt and henceftheidevice is'particularly the cable is easily backed out of the device to release it after the hauling is finished.

Figure 4 shows they rope formedjin a loop n at both ends of-the deviceythus obviating the otherwise necessity of using .two of the bi'ghts of the ropezand from which itiwill be seen-that pulling in opposite directions on V i adapted to use with 'wire ropeorcable, and i the loops D and D will tighten the grip of ,7

the device on all bights engaged thereby. V I claim:

1. A rope holding device comprising a plate provided with a plurality of longitudinally aligned-slots, said slots being of a Width to pass two bightsof therope lying side by side and of a length equal to several .times thediameter of the rope. Q cable and plate the cable 3 is extended along A rope holding device comprising a plate provided with a plurality of. longi' tudinally aligned slots, said slots being ofa' hole being formed through'opposite endsj oii the. plate beyond the slots.

3. A structure as specified in claim 1" WILLIAM JJBALRNEs .90 wherein the plate is of elongated form and one end is provided with a tongue of. re- 

